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W. H. LAW$ON.

GOAT AND HAT HOOK.

No. 382,097. Patented May l', 1888.

UNrrnn STATES PATENT Orrics.

WILLIAM H. LAWSON, or unwYoRK, N. Y.

COAT AND HAT HOOK.

SPECIEPTCA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,097, dated May 1,1888.

Application filed August 1, 1887. Serial No. 245,829. (No model.) I

To all whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. LAWSON, of the city and State of NewYork, have invented an Improvement in Goat and Hat Hooks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Goat and hat hooks have heretofore been prov1ded with a locking device,and my present invention is an improvement upon that class of hooks.

By my improvement a hat, coat, umbrella, and satchel or other articlecan all at the same time be locked upon the hooks, so that the samecannot be removed therefrom by an unauthorized person. a

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation ofthe invention,showingthe parts locked,with one side of the case removed to more clearly showthe construction. Fig. 2 is a plan view.

The case H is stationary and provided with flanges h, for receivingscrews by which the holder may be attached to a partition or sup por Thetwo sections A B of the hathook are pivotally connected to the case H,the section A being connected by the pin 1 and the sec- Mon 13 by thepin 2. The shank of the section B interlocks with the upper end of theshank of the section A when the parts are brought together, there beinga projection or hook, a, on .one entering a recess or notch, b, on theother. A spring, Z, between the shank of the section B and the top ofthe case H, and attached to said case, acts to throw the section Bupwardly, and a spring, 0, attached to the case H, and between it andthe shank'of the section A, acts to throw the section A of the hathookforward and slightly upward, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Theends of the sections A'and B, betw'een'which the hat is held or clamped,are provided with flat or rounded buttons or knobs p 10, and the ends ofthe sections come sufficiently close together when the parts are lockedto prevent the removal of a hat; but there is sufficient space getweensuch ends to prevent injury to the The coat or satchel hook O is securedto or Eade integral with the under part of the case piece, 3,which endpiece is rounded on its upper surface, so as to prevent injury to a coatwhen hung thereon.

This hook O is provided with an end A ring or horizontal hook, D, havingan 7 opening for the insertion of the handle of an umbrella or cane, isupon one side of the case H, and at one side of the shank of the sectionB of the hat-hook is a downwardly-projecting arm, E, which,when theparts are locked, closes the opening of the umbrella ring or hook D andsecurely fastens the umbrella in the holder.

A catch, G, projects from the shank of the section A of the hat-hook andenters a slot in the case H, and engages with a spring-latch, I, in thecase, or any suitable locking device.

The case H is provided with a hole for the insertion of the key J forunlocking the parts, and the case is secured to or made integral withthe flanges, by which the device is fastened to a wall or other place.

By turning the key J the spring-latch I is lifted, thereby releasing thecatch Gr, and the lower section, A, is released and swings forward, andthe section 'B of the hat-hook is thrown up by the action of the springI, thus separating the interlocking portions or b, and the arm E swingsaway from the opening to the umbrella-ring D, and, as the section A ofthe hat-hook is thrown forward and upward by the spring 0, the lowerpart of the shank is separated from the coat-hook C, so that thearticles that have been locked up in the holder can be removed, or anumbrella or cane,-a satchel, a coat, and a hat, or either of them, canbe put into their places and secured by closing down the sections A B ofthe hat-holder.

I claim as my invention- 1. The combinatiomwith the case H, of thehook-section B, pivoted to the case and swinging upwardly, thehook-sectionA, pivoted to the case, and the spring 0, to swing thehooksection A forward and upward, the hook C below the case H and behindthe shank of the hooksection A, so as to be closed thereby when thesection is swung down, the interlocking projections upon the shanks ofthe respective hook-sections A B, the catch G, and spring-latch I,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the two hook-sections A B, the shanks of whichinterlock when brought together, and the case H, to which the saidsections are pivotally connected, of the arm E, projecting from theshank of the section B, the open ring D at one side of the case H, thespring Z between the shank of the section B and the top of the case H,the catch G, and latch I, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the case H and the stationary hook 0 below thesame, of the hook-sections A B, pivoted to the case and havinginterlocking projections, the open ring 15 D upon the case, the arm Eupon the hooksection B, the springs Z and o, for acting upon thehook-sections to open the same when unlatched, the catch G, and thespring-latch I, for holding the parts when closed,substantiall y 20 asset forth.

Signed by me this 27th day of July, 1887. WM. H. LAWSON.

Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINOKNEY, W. L. SERRELL.

